Incoming communications director Rebecca Fisher is expected to be transitioning to the office after having served as the senator’s spokesman at the Republican Policy Committee, before he resigned that post after admitting to an affair with a former staffer.

-- J. Patrick Coolican profiles Byron Georgiou, one of two Nevadans named to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which aims to investigate the financial implosion much as the 9/11 Commission reviewed the terrorist attacks.

-- David McGrath Schwartz explores concerns being raised in Carson City over the state’s slow pace in going after federal stimulus dollars for renewable energy. The White House announced this morning that $13.8 million is headed to Nevada under its energy program, and the state now has 50 percent of its recovery funds from Energy Department.

That’s all for now. Check back later for all the political news in Nevada.